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   Brawl

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   noun

   • 1. a rough or noisy fight or quarrel: "he'd got into a drunken brawl in a bar"

   verb

   • 1. fight or quarrel in a rough or noisy way: "he ended up brawling with a lout outside his house"
   • ▪ (of a stream) flow noisily.

   Word Origin late Middle English: perhaps ultimately imitative and related to bray1.

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   What does brawl mean?

   • brawl (plural brawls) A disorderly argument or fight, usually with a large number of people involved . brawl (third-person singular simple present brawls, present participle brawling, simple past and past participle brawled) ( intransitive) To engage in a brawl; to fight or quarrel . ( intransitive) To create a disturbance; to complain loudly .

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   Is brawling a crime?

   • Brawling was covered in ecclesiastic courts until 1860. It has rarely been prosecuted since then. During the early stages of the Reformation in England, religious controversy too often became converted into actual disturbance, and the ritual lawlessness of the parochial clergy very frequently provoked popular violence.

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   What does brallen mean in English?

   • The verb is derived from Late Middle English braulen, brall, brallen (“to clamour, to shout; to quarrel; to boast”); further etymology is uncertain, but the word could be related to bray and ultimately imitative.

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3. dictionary.cambridge.org › english › brawlingBRAWLING | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

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   brawl. verb [ I ] uk / brɔːl / us / brɑːl /. to fight in a rough, noisy, uncontrolled way: The young men had nothing better to do than brawl in the streets. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. to fight. fight All this is really not worth fighting over. scrap Two boys were scrapping in the playground.

4. www.wordreference.com › definition › brawlingbrawling - WordReference.com Dictionary of English

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   a noisy quarrel, squabble, or fight. a bubbling or roaring noise; a clamor. Slang Terms a large, noisy party. v.i. to quarrel angrily and noisily; wrangle. to make a bubbling or roaring noise, as water flowing over a rocky bed. 1350–1400; (verb, verbal) Middle English brawlen, brallen to raise a clamor, quarrel, boast; of uncertain origin ...

5. en.wiktionary.org › wiki › brawlingbrawling - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

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   2 days ago · 1 English. 1.1 Verb. 1.2 Noun. 1.3 Anagrams. English [ edit] Verb [ edit] brawling. present participle and gerund of brawl. Noun [ edit] brawling (plural brawlings) An unruly fight; a brawl . Anagrams [ edit] warbling. Categories: English non-lemma forms. English verb forms. English lemmas. English nouns. English countable nouns.

6. dictionary.cambridge.org › thesaurus › brawlingBRAWLING - 70 Synonyms and Antonyms - Cambridge English

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   noun. These are words and phrases related to brawling. Click on any word or phrase to go to its thesaurus page. NOISE. Synonyms. shouting. gabbling. noise. sound. din. racket. clamor. uproar. pandemonium. clatter. bedlam. tumult. babel. hullabaloo. blare. wail. boom. blast. bang. rumble. rumbling. barrage. thunder. cannonade. hubbub. commotion.

7. www.yourdictionary.com › brawlingBrawling Definition & Meaning | YourDictionary

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   Brawling definition: Present participle of brawl . Brawling in a church was an offence which formerly fell solely under the cognizance of the spiritual courts, but by the Ecclesiastical Courts Jurisdiction Act 1860 any person guilty of brawling in churches or chapels of the Church of England or Ireland, or in any chapel of any religious denomination, is liable on conviction to a fine or ...

8. en.thefreedictionary.com › brawlingBrawling - definition of brawling by The Free Dictionary

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   Define brawling. brawling synonyms, brawling pronunciation, brawling translation, English dictionary definition of brawling. n. 1. A noisy quarrel or fight. 2. Slang A loud party. intr.v. brawled , brawl·ing , brawls To quarrel or fight noisily. brawl′er n. brawl′ing·ly adv....

9. en.wiktionary.org › wiki › brawlbrawl - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

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   2 days ago · brawl (third-person singular simple present brawls, present participle brawling, simple past and past participle brawled) ( intransitive) To engage in a brawl; to fight or quarrel . Synonyms: squabble, wrangle. ( intransitive) To create a disturbance; to complain loudly .